Brush supporting device



Feb; 17, 1942. F. A. HENDERSON 2,273,642

BRUSH SUPPORTING DEVICE v Filed June 3, 1940 Patented Feb. 17, 1942 BRUSH surronrme DEVICE:

Fred A. Henderson, Pawtucket, R. I., assignor of one-half to Moore Fabric Company, Pawtucket, R. I., a corporation of Rhode Island Application June 3, 1940, Serial No. 338,490

I 2 Claims.

This invention relates to brushes used in painting and for other similar purposes, and relates more particularly to devices for presenting such brushes for display or for supporting the brushes as used.

It is the general object of my invention to provide an improved construction by which brushes may be suspended from a stand or rack for display purposes, and by which a number of brushes may be nested together on such a stand or rack to economize space. My improved supporting device is also available to support a brush either inside or outside of a container or to hold a brush with the bristles immersed in water or oil to prevent drying.

My invention further relates to arrangements and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

One form of my invention is shown in the drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a display stand with brushes nested thereon;

Fig. 2 is a partial sectional elevation, taken along the line 2-2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a brush embodying my improvements;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional elevation of a part of the brush handle; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective View showing further uses of my invention.

Referring particularly to Figs. 3 and 4, I have shown a brush B having a handle portion III, a bristle end portion II, and a bristle-holding tube l2, all of which parts may be of any usual commercial construction.

In the handle portion ID of the brush B I provide a supporting device which is inserted in the handle at one side thereof and which is inclined toward the bristle end of the brush, all as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4. This device 20 may be a small nail or brad or a substantially straight piece of wire, or may be a pin or stud formed of compressed fibre or of other hard synthetic or suitable material.

The device 20 is forced into a hole in the handle I 0, which hole may be previously prepared if desired, and preferably the device 20 does not extend entirely through the handle.

At the opposite side of the brush, I also provide an opening 22 which isinclined and preferably substantially parallel to the device 20, and which is of such size as to freely receive the end of the device 20 when inserted therein.

The hole 22 is disposed in such relation to the device 20 that when a series of brushes are nested as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the nested brushes will all be supported at the same height.

By the use of the devices 20 and the coacting openings 22, a series of brushes may be conveniently mounted on a display rack or stand S by inserting the device 20 of one brush through a slot 24 or a hole 25 in the stand S, by inserting the device 20 of a second brush in the opening 22 of the first brush, by inserting the device 20 of a third brush in the opening 22 of the second brush, and so on, thus nesting any desired number of brushes on the display stand or rack. All of the brushes of a given width may be conveniently assembled and nested together, and many more brushes can be displayed than on the ordinary display stand where each brush is separately wired or otherwise secured to the supporting surface.

The devices 20 not only conveniently support the brushes for display purposes, but may also be used to support a brush either inside or outside of a pail P (Fig. 5) which may contain paint or which may be used for immersing the brushes in oil or water to prevent drying.

If the devices 20 in brushes of difierent sizes are all inserted in the handles H) at the same distance a from the lower edges of the tubes l2, the brushes will all be suspended in the water or oil with-the bristles fully immersed but with the tubes and handles supported above the liquid. Furthermore, the weight of the brush will rest on the supporting device 20 and the upper edge of the pail, rather than on the ends of the bristles.

I have accordingly provided extremely simple devices for supporting brushes in nested relation for display purposes, and also for conveniently supporting a brush as it is used or when immersed to prevent drying.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what I claim is:

1. A brush having a substantially straight supporting device inserted in the handle at one side thereof and inclined toward the bristle end of the brush, and having an inclined opening in the other side of the handle which is substantially parallel to said device and which is adapted to loosely receive the end portion of the supporting device of an adjacent brush nested therewith.

2. A brush having a substantially straight supporting device inserted in the handle at one side thereof and inclined toward the bristle end of the brush, and having an inclined opening in.

the other side of the handle which is substantially parallel to said device and which is adapted to loosely receive the end portion of the supporting device of an adjacent brush nested therewith, and said device and opening being so positioned in said handle that nested brushes are supported at substantially the same height.

FRED A. HENDERSON. 

